After my peak month, I was looking forward to scaling down and feeling more energized and strong. However, I found myself more tired than ever and loosing motivation for the workouts. I was getting worried and was telling Jerry: “How could I be loosing motivation in the final stretch?!!”. I still got all my workouts in (except if I felt some pain or needed more rest, then I may shift the workout to the next day or skip it), but I just did not have that RAH RAH RAH feeling that I thought I would have. Luckily for me, I had a super supportive boyfriend and teammates who were seasoned Ironman athletes, they all reassured me that this feeling was normal. I have been training so hard for months, and now I just want to go and do this thing! My body has been through a lot and in these final weeks it may really feel the exhaustion but after proper tapering I will feel stronger and more ready than ever. It was super comforting to find out that this was normal and after take one extra day off, I promised myself that I would give it my best shot for tomorrow’s workout. I was dreading this painful interval session on my trainer and wanted to skip it so badly, but I knew that I had to do it. To my great surprise, I started getting more and more amped up during the ride and completely smashed it! The training program has really been so helpful and smart, the people who designed it clearly know what they are doing. There are sessions that I know I would definitely not been able to do a month back. There will definitely be off days, but I just need to remind myself that I am following my plan and have been working super hard… trust the process and listen to your body. After feeling bleh for a week or so, I AM BACK!

2 WEEKS UNTIL THE BIG DAY!